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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2076: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on May 12, 2076Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 May 2076401,164 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 2076, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 63.2% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
401,164 km249,272 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2076 is on Monday, May 18, 2076 at 17:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 3, 2076 at 04:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 11, 207602:50
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 18, 207617:38

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 2076 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2076 to the new moon of June 1, 2076, a cycle of 29.52 days.